Inverness officials plant trees across the city to mark the Queen's platinum jubilee
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On behalf of the Highland Council, High Life Highland is planting five trees across Inverness to mark the 70th year of the Queen's reign.
The sites are Raigmore interchange, the new hydro scheme, Inshes Park, Torvean and the grounds of the University of the Highlands and Islands campus.
They were awarded £21,200 from the Inverness Common Good Fund to go towards the project.
The planting forms part of The Queen's Green Canopy, a tree planting initiative to mark the occasion, and one that invites people from across the United Kingdom to ‘Plant a Tree for the Jubilee’.
Provost and Leader of Inverness and Area Cllr Helen Carmichael said: “Through the Inverness Common Good Fund, £21,200 was awarded for the City Flowering Project and the Queen’s Green Canopy to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee to give recognition of the project and to inspire others to do the same."
Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant for Inverness James Wotherspoon added: “The Queens Green Canopy gives everyone the chance to both mark the most significant occasion of HRH the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and to make contribution to the sustainability of our environment.”
Flowers will also be planted for the celebrations and will stay in the ground from June to October.
Inverness Botanic Gardens manager Ewan MacKintosh, who is carrying out the planting, said: “I am delighted that we are able to mark the historic Platinum Jubilee year by doing something that will not only celebrate the occasion but continue to give pleasure and stand as an enduring act for generations to come.
“We are very pleased to be supporting our colleagues at Highland Council with its planting project and as well as the trees, we will be digging in a mix of perennials, bulbs, grasses and shrubs to create a purple halo around each of the Queen’s Green Canopy trees.
“The colour is a nod to the royal colours and the different planting has been chosen to maximise the colour throughout the year as part of the celebrations.”
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